Following #BlackPowerYellowPeril has been a critical examination of Asian Americans’ relative position to anti-blackness. Check out Robert Reece’s article “Examining What People Mean By ‘Asian Privilege’” and Soya Jung’s article “On Asian American Privilege.” We want to continue examining the non-Black POC’s structural position and how that grants privilege with or without a model minority myth.

Alok Vaid-Menon’s first installment of “What’s R(ace) Got To Do With It?: White Privilege & (A)sexuality” critiques asexuality that does not examine race, particularly in the context of Asian American male assigned sexualities. They ask, “Can I ever authentically express ‘my’ (a)sexuality or am I always rehearsing colonial logics?”

Arts & Literature

Khmer American artist Kat Eng’s sews for eight hours in front of H&M, making a sobering statement about the relationship between fast fashion consumerism and the state of garment workers in Cambodia. Check out “Less Than Three” below.

SoCal The lineup for AAPAC 2014 at UC Irvine is looking to be kick. ass. Not only are Janani Balasubramanian, Beau Sia, and Sumun Pendakur keynote speakers, the workshops will cover cross-POC solidarity, various LGBTQ topics, undocumented immigration, the prison industrial complex, and many more narratives rarely highlighted in mainstream Asian American spaces. For all those continuing to critique anti-Blackness in AAPI spaces, you must check out Jared Sexton and Dr. Claire Jean Kim’s workshop “Anti-Blackness and Asian Americans.”Students can register for FREE and attend on Saturday, February 8th. [x]

Call to Action

Online In the wake of Typhoon Yolanda, there is a White House petition urging President Obama to grant Filipin@s in the U.S. Temporary Protected Status, meaning that undocumented immigrants would be temporarily given the right to live and work. Sign the petition!

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